…A four year old’s seemingly unheeded code for: Did Daddy save the person from jumping off the cliff? Thankfully Overbooked Book Club chose this as our April read & we’ll all be discussing it soon! This has the potential to be my FAVE thriller of the year, I’m not even kidding! I won’t stop thinking about this one for a WHILE! I discovered Sally Hepworth with her chilling 2021 release, 'The Good Sister.' With 'The Soulmate' she has earned a spot on my authors I read list because she writes memorable page turners that are the right combination of drama, humor, and suspense. I also want to commend the author for how she portrays Gabe's deterating mental health with accuracy and being refreshingly honest with how Pippa handles the situation. I don't normally like narratives when the victim speaks from the beyond because I find it distracting, but here it shapes the past events that led to Amanda's tragic end. I was also surprised by how well the alternating POV's in each chapter between Pippa and the newly departed Amanda works.

I thought I guessed what was going to happen early, but Hepworth cleverly threw in a twist that caught me off guard. It also contains info that can effect the status of Pippa and Gabe's marriage. Pippa learns the port has information on it that could've led to such a tragic event. She learns that Amanda had a USB port that contains info that led to her demise. Pippa suspects that there was a reason why Amanda showed up on their property in tye first place. Gabe fails to save Amanda which leads to the conclusion that Amanda committed suicide. Pippa witneseses her husband, Gabe, trying to rescue his boss's wife, Amanda, from jumping off a cliff outside their coastal home. The Soulmate is another winner from Sally Hepworth.

The soulmate book review